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In A Lovers Rock Style Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Room In The Sky)

28,89 €* 33,99 € -15%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Blakamix)

Mixman

The Early Dub Tapes

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Partial)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This album consists of unreleased Dubs recorded between 1986-90 at the early Blakamix Studios.

Blakamix have re-opened the tape vaults and let Mixman loose to revamp and revitalise and give the Dub Doctor treatment to these early Dub tapes.

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Jah Free

The Wicked Can't Run

Nuff Bad Boy / Crunchy Paradise Pink / Purple Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A dig into the vaults leads us to the lesser-spotted Jah Free, a stalwart of the 90’s dub scene and purveyor of all things musically DIY.

* This is a raw melodica-led instrumental backed with an even rawer bongo-frenzied cut.

* Originally released on the Jah Free Music label in 1993.

* Those were the days when some producers where using cassettes to record on home studios.

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Fez The Kid

10" | 2024 | EU | Original (Meditator Music)

22,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Blackstones Feat. Alvin Davis

Selection Train

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Iron Sound)

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Ozzie Dee, Ray Ranking / Izaba, Dawehdread

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Blackstones were formed by Leon Leiffer in 1974. Since the initial group formation, there have been several line up changes, currently the group consists of: Leon Leiffer, Tony Mahoney, Jr. Bailey, and they have recently been joined by A.J. Franklin (Chosen Few, Federals). On tours they have supported Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, Rufus Thomas, Dennis Brown, Owen Grey, John Holt, Alton Ellis and many more Soul / Reggae greats.

Over the years they have worked with many notable Jamaican producers, Count Shelly, Fatman, Phill Pratt, Lloyd Charmers, Lindel Lewis, Tony “Ruff Cut” Phillips, Winston Curtis, Jah Larry, Tony Owens, and the late great Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee and the legendary, Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, at Studio One in JA.

This release features two rootical vocal sides of their consistent repertoire. The 4 track EP features a re-work of “Selection Train” (Orig,”Selected Few”-JA) and “Hell & Heaven” (Orig-Lloyd Clarke-JA). The vocal tracks are replete with Instrumental Versions from Alvin Davis (Horns / Steven 'Marley' Wright (Guitar) / Asha B (Perc/Congos)..

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The Art Of Thinking, Art Of Melody / Heart Of The Refugee, Art Of Dub

7" | 2024 (Dawehdread)

11,19 €* 13,99 € -20%

Release: 2024

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 (Dub & Sound International)

Vin Gordon

Digging The Vibes

14,39 €* 15,99 € -10%

Dub From The Heart Part 3

Release: 2024

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub & Sound International returns for a third time and this one welcomes legendary Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon who is rightly 'Digging The Vibes.' The title track kicks off and pairs his playful patterns with a Dubsetters rhythm and some nice sunny and soothing melodies from Trommie aka Don Drummond Jr.. After the horn-led, organic and unhurried instrumental comes a dub that is fleshed out with a little more echo and is a sublime bit of roots. A second version adds another perspective to the original and we already look forward to hearing more from this project.

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Jah Warrior

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Partial)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The long awaited follow-up to `Dub from the Heart Part 2’ which was released 26 years ago.

Good things come to those who wait.

* A modern venture into raw dub-wise territory with weighty sub bass-lines built for sound system and annoying the neighbours.

* Featuring the voices of Ranking Joe, Jah Mason, Hughie Izachaar and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jah Free

Rod Of Correction

LP | 2024 | Original (Cleopatra)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A dig into the vaults leads us to the lesser-spotted Jah Free, a stalwart of the 90’s dub scene and purveyor of all things musically DIY.

* A vocal cut from Jah Free with a brutal bassline backed with alternative dub mix to the version that was originally released on Zion Train’s Deep Root label in 1998.

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Third World

Under The Magic Sun

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

The Skatalites

Ska Train & Dance

11,89 €* 13,99 € -15%

Best Of 30 Years On The Road

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamaica's ska originators celebrate their 60th anniversary with two new songs on a limited edition 45! Both tracks are midtempo ska groovers, with cool lyrics and hot horns. Beautiful old skool label art designed by Chema Skandal, big hole black vinyl DJ friendly press of 1000 copies. (

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Shandon

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Get Up)

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Revolutionary Sounds)

The Revolutionaires

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dubplate #5: For The Love Of

Lz Diezel

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Mysticisms)

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I was so far in I was out

Feel Free Hi Fi

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Digital Sting)

22,99 €*

Baby Feat. Hakim / Party In The U.S.A.

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Twin Cities duo Feel Free Hi Fi return to their in-house imprint Digital Sting with their first full length entitled “I was so far in I was out.” After two prior EP's and collaborations with Equiknoxx and Duppy Gun Feel Free Hi Fi deliver 8 new tracks of their distinct but eclectic digital dub. Amalgamating many of the sounds, sonics, and aesthetics of prior releases into these eight percussive instrumentals. The industrial dub and weirdo dancehall remain but the focus is further refined while also exploring environmental and cinematic sounds to create often dark and heavy versions that are as singular as they are collective, as introverted as they are expansive.
The records come in double sided silk-screened printed custom DJ Jackets, with Obi Strip style stickers and hand stamped white labels created and printed by Digital Sting.

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Tajh / Sophie

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Smart Move)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Baby I Love You / Kaze No Tani No Naushika

Irie Love

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Smart Move)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae covers of Che'Nelle's "Baby I Love You" and Narumi Yasuda's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"!

7" cut from the compilation "J-Pop Covers in Reggae Lovers" produced by Smart Move Records/Lee Francis!

This is a 7" cut from the compilation "J-Pop Covers in Reggae Lovers" produced by UK reggae label Smart Move Records/Lee Francis, featuring a cover by Irie Love, an island reggae songstress from Hawaii. Side A features Che'Nelle's "Baby I Love You" and Side B features Narumi Yasuda's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

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Jah Free

Lightning Clap

15,29 €* 16,99 € -10%

Where Has The Love Gone / Version

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A dig into the vaults leads us to the lesser-spotted Jah Free, a stalwart of the 90’s dub scene and purveyor of all things musically DIY.

* This 12” comprises of slices of `Lightning Clap’, the lead cut being a vocal.

* Originally released on the Jah Free Music label in 1993.

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Shayne Amani

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Culture Shock)

18,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Planets)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep and soulful Revival style tune from the rising star out of Canada, Shayne Amani. For the fans of Chronixx, Protoje, and all Roots music!

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T Dynamix & Lisa Ellis

Alone / Your Love

18,99 €*

The Cool Operator Limited

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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An obscure late 80s double sided killer brought to light! Originally released as a 12 inch, this was dug out of a white label box by Planets head honcho on a North London digging mission. 1989 fusion of Lovers, Street Soul & Soundsystem music from T-Dynamix & Lisa Ellis. Originally based up North near Manchester!

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Delroy Wilson

2LP | 2024 | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Only Jah Jah Love Is Pure / Prince Douglas Dub

Jerry Harris

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Motive)

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baraonda)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Next from Jerry Harris' new label Motive is this killer modern roots tune, a version of a classic roots rhythm, with excellent dub wise side by Wackie's own Prince Douglas. Top shelf contemporary reggae from two OG's here, don't miss it.

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The Kolors

I Want

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Satingarona Record Store Day 2024 Edition

The Bongo Hop

LP | 2024 | WW | Reissue (Underdog)

24,64 €* 28,99 € -15%

New Fashion Way Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissue of the cult album by THE Bongo HOP for the 20th anniversary of the Underdog Records label.

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Joseph Cotton

LP | 2024 | EU (Room In The Sky)

34,49 €* 45,99 € -25%

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (King Solomon)

Ras Teo And The Naturals

Coming Home

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Bristol Roots Explosion Record Store Day 2024 Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Bristol Archives)

48,44 €* 56,99 € -15%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Red Rose Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Reedy Winston

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Room In The Sky)

42,74 €* 56,99 € -25%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Not 1 Style Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Deemas J

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Room In The Sky)

42,74 €* 56,99 € -25%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (BYM)

The & Nairobi Ganjas

The Ganjas Meets Nairobi

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cry Tuff Chants On U Gatefold Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Prince Far I

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mango Wood / The Moskito Bite

Never Can Tell / Down In Mexico

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Come On / Somethin' In The Air

Peeping Toms

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator Music)

9,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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G.T. Moore And The Reggae Guitars

Aya Nakano And The Bremen

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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50th anniversary reissue of the ground-breaking set, originally released on Charisma in 1974.

* A record that at the time straddled the world between `Pub Rock’ scene and the then seemingly new sound of reggae music, at least to UK years.

* Released hot-on-the-heels of the Wailers’ `Catch a Fire’ and `Burnin’’ when “reggae fever” was starting to take root in the UK.

* G.T. Moore had previously been part of the legendary folk group Heron, before becoming the first white musician to make any serious attempt to make authentic reggae.

* The eponymously titled debut set from the Reggae Guitars featured session musician John `Rabbit’ (who has worked with Wailers, Free and The Who) and was mixed by Tom Platt who engineered the `Catch a Fire’ album.

* The set mostly consists of originals with the exception of covers of tracks by Bob Dylan, Heptones and Diana Ross.

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Tenki Yohou Weather Forecast / Mirai (Future) Reggae Disco Rockers Remix Clear Vinyl Edtion

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Flower)

23,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Badasonic)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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AYA Nakano AND THE Bremen, whose previous single disappeared from stores in an instant, are back with their new single! The Reggae Disco Rockers have remixed "Tenki Yohou (Weather Forecast)," a well-received song from their second album, and "Mirai (Future)," a famous ballad recorded as a duo with a guitar, into a beautiful and groovy Lovers Rock remix! This is a must-listen! It is now available in a limited edition clear vinyl.

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The Utopians

Look Around You

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Hippo Brothers / Miss Beulah

Don't Turn Away

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Berends)

13,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Sofia Thea / Baco)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In with the old & out with the new..

For the second 7" on Berends Records, Miss Beulah joins The Hippo Brothers for Don't Turn Away. The b-side features the instrumental Grab Your Hat.

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Mo'kalamity

Shine

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Guiding Star Orchestra Feat. Azizzi Romeo

Jah Send The Rain

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Tribe 84)

17,99 €*

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (I Grade / Before Zero)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We are pleased to introduce our new single coming out on 16th of February featuring ever productive Guiding Star Orchestra eleven-man roots reggae ensemble from Copenhagen, Denmark and young, upcoming, Jamaican roots Artist Azizzi Romeo (son of legendary Max Romeo) on “In Jah Sight” riddim. Coming out on both vinyl and as a high quality digital release.

The song contains conscious lyrics on top of a meditating steppas riddim with beautiful arrangements from GSO horn section and includes an amazing dub version made by the great Roberto Sanchez from A-Lone Ark Music Studio. Two wicked collaborations on both sides of a heavy slab of 7” record!

The song is an uplifting statement about putting trust in your faith. “When thirst cover your mouth, Jah will send the Rain!” A strong message from a young Artist who’s ready to take over the world of conscious roots reggae music. This is the first time Orchestra has done a collaboration with a vocalist and we have many more collaborations planned for the future as well as some brand new solo material coming this year. Stay tuned!

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Akae Beka

Sow And The Reap

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Lo Sage E Lo Fol)

Erau Dub Sound

Skanking-Khayyam

31,99 €*

10" | 2024 | EU | Original (Seafront International)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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By drawing on the poetic pearls of Omar Khayyām's rubaiyats (quatrains), Erau dub sound takes us on the wings of a soaring dub that shines with a thousand lights. Mixing programmed beats, saturated or delicate keyboards, deep bass and oriental samples, he revisits, in his own way, the fascinating world of Nichapour's troubadour. The raw sound of the melodica rubs shoulders with the zarb and oud loops, giving another breath of fresh air to the dub. A richness which is given both in the form and the subject, creating a protean work combining musical, literary, choreographic, socio-cultural and even political dimensions.The captivating voice of Jo Corbeau makes the French translation of these quatrains roll in a controlled ebb and flow where the swell of past centuries roars. The Occitan poet Roland Pécout adds his translations and those of the legendary Max Rouquette who, in his time, proposed versions of the rubaiyats in his language of the Languedoc scrublands.

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The Disciples

Relaxation

11,04 €* 16,99 € -35%

She Caught The Train / Cora

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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New material from The Disciples (uk). Very killer new roots dubs. TIP!

" Brand new hit from the UK’s greatest dubmaster Russ Disciples as a first release on Seafront International… Produced & mixed at the Backroom studio inna original 90’s style ‘n fashion. Three release-exclusive mixes on a crisp 10” for your musical pleasure.:"

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Ray Martell

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

Dice The Boss Aka Pama Dice

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7inch black vinyl 45 RPM - Hsrss-0025 Special Edition - Strictly Limited TO 500 Copies This is the first re-release on 7inch vinyl single of the early Reggae classic “She Caught The Train” by Ray Martell released in 1970 on the Trojan sublabel Joe in the U.K. and later covered by UB 40 in 1983. The original Jamaican song, a huge hit, has featured on many compilations but has never been repressed as a single, until now…It is still extremely popular and very much in demand today. It was initially released with the track “Tea House From Emperor Roscoe” by Dice The boss on the B side - which we also release separately on the 22nd of March 2024 – see below. On this release, we chose to showcase a super rare song written and performed by Ray Martell, the gorgeous “Cora” initially released on Attack in 1970. Both tracks have never been reissued until now.

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Teahouse From Emperor Roscoe / Brixton Cat

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

One Man Against The World

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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“Tea House From Emperor Roscoe” by Dice The boss aka Pama Dice was first released as a B side of the early Reggae classic “She Caught The Train” by Ray Martell released in 1970 on the Trojan sublabel Joe (which we also release separately on the 22nd of March 2024) whilst “Brixton Cat” was released in 1969 on the Duke Label under a Joe logo. This is the original song with Dice The Boss/Pama Dice toasting on this striking organ driven Boss instrumental. It is strange but brilliant track as sometimes the best Boss tunes can be. “Brixton Cat, Big And Fat” was released in 1969 on the Duke Label under a Joe logo. It was also showcased on the 1969 eponymous Trojan album along with 13 other Joes All Stars tracks. This upbeat, syncopated track underpinned by aggressive organ riffs tells the story of a famous working “belle” of Brixton as illustrated on the L.P. Rare and brilliant Boss tune! Both titles are skinhead reggae killers that have never been reissued and are very much in demand.

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Gregory Isaacs

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Kingston Sounds)

17,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Gregory Isaacs (b.15 July 1951, Kingston, Jamaica) the Cool Ruler as he became known, grew up in the ghetto district of Kingston Jamaica. His influences lay not only in the American singers he heard on the radio such as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, but also local singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, and John Holt. His debut release ‘Another Heartache’ was recorded for producer Winston Sinclair and was released under Winstons’ name in the U.K. This saw Gregory move on to work with producer Rupie Edwards forming a vocal group called The Concords alongside two local singers Bramwell and Penros Releasing ‘Buttoo’, I Need Your Loving’ and ‘Don’t Let Me Suffer’ as a trio on Rupies’ Success label. Then as a solo artist with ‘Far Beyond The Valley’, ‘Too Late’ and ‘Black and White’. The latter track becoming a big hit in the U.K. for the group Greyhound. Gregory Isaacs always had his sights on forming his own label which he did in 1972 alongside Errol Dunkley, called African Museum. Working out of his record shop of the same name on Chancery Lane in Kingston town itself. Gregory carried on working with various other producers throughout his career,work that helped fund his own label. One of these producers was Tappa Zukie.

Tappa Zukie (b.1956 , David Sinclair, Kingston, Jamaica.) was also raised in the rough and tough areas of Kingston Jamaica, and very much like Gregory Isaacs found music as a way out of the tough environment in which he was surrounded. Music seemed like the only way out of a life of crime and gang culture. A path that Tappa Zukie found and by the mid 1970’s was establishing himself as a named star on the DJ Roots circuit. Back home in Jamaica he was also getting a name for his production work for other local singers such as Prince Allah and the group Knowledge. To release his own productions, like Gregory Isaacs, he formed his own label called `Tappa Records’. These two artists working

together was a match made in heaven and resulted in this set of songs.

Nine of these songs originally saw the light of day in 1988 released on Tappa Zukie’s `Tappa Records’ initially called ‘Red’. We had added some additional material also produced by Mr Zukie around the same time to expand that release and make their work together more of a complete story. The CD edition of this release carries the version sides to ‘Tickle Me’ and ‘One Man Against The World’. The title track of this release seems to suit Mr Isaacs stance perfectly. A great set of songs worked by two of the great names in reggae. Songs that we think deserve to be put out again to enjoy.

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The Disciples

The Rush

Taikokissie & Dub Passengers

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Heavyweight dubplate style from The Disciples with two prime cuts.

* First up is `The Rush’, originally released on the Jah Tubbys label in 2009.

This re-issue presents the two original mixes, plus one previously unreleased dub cut.

* Flip over for `Table March’. As expected from the title, it features some subtle Indian percussive flavours over three cuts of a meditative bass-rumbler.

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Tepid Sunshine

10" | 2024 | JP | Original (I Like Your Anger)

28,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Badasonic)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Taikokissie & DUB Passengers, led by Tokyo-based Lo-fi musician Taikokissie, whose previous album "slow Dance IN Suburbia" was well received, presents their second 10-inch release!! Hard jazz, improvisation played with skill and dubwise with deep effects that dive deep. A great masterpiece with the warmth of mellow raw sound that emerges in the darkness. Four songs and 28 minutes long, recommended for chill out along with gentle dancing. Includes download code.

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The Bandulus

Tell It Like It Is

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

Ronnie Lion

Spanish Town

Enters The Game Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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180g Pressing
The debut solo album from Ronnie Lion, one half of Ambient Warrior, is a homage to Spanish Town the capital of St Catherine in Jamaica. As the title suggests the Spanish guitar features heavily from both Ronnie and lead guitarist Sean Wilkinson. The album has a reggae palette at its core with the rhythm section of Ronnie on Bass and Horseman on drums providing a rock solid foundation for the intricate and memorable hooks provided by Sean’s Spanish Guitar. The album’s fusion of Reggae with Bossa Nova & Flamenco Guitar creates another special album that will appeal to fans of Ambient Warrior and beyond.

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Simma

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Superchip)

Lewis Bennett & The Viceroys

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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After numerous releases on his Dub Junction label and two lead singles on the subsidiary Superchip label, Simma presents his debut LP: Simma Enters THE Game. Featuring guests Natty Campbell, Danny T, Tenor Youthman, Dandelion, Who Knew, Indra MC & Nina Girassóis.

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Universal Love

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Burning Bug)

12,99 €*

Live At The Record Plant 73 Green Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Burning Bug Records presents the new 7-inch reggae single, Universal Love, a collaboration between the established English producer Lewis Bennett and the iconic Jamaican vocal group, The Viceroys.

Universal Love is a captivating fusion of old-school Roots Reggae and modern Dub music, and is a testament to the enduring power of Reggae music to unite people through its positive message.

Bennett brings a wealth of experience to the single, infusing the track with his signature Spanish Flamenco guitar techniques, adding a unique and vibrant flavour to the traditional Reggae sound.

The Viceroys, who are from the heart of Jamaica and regarded as veterans in the Reggae scene, lend their authentic and soulful vocals to the collaboration, adding an extra layer of authenticity and nostalgia to the single.

Universal Love is a song which transcends boundaries, celebrating the roots of Reggae while embracing the evolution of the genre in the modern age.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

LP | 2024 | EU (The Vinyl Champ)

18,99 €*

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Messengers)

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bob Marley is considered one of the pioneers of reggae. The Jamaican singer and songwriter formed Bob Marley & The Wailers in the sixties, with worldwide success following in the 70’s. By 1973, Marley was a superstar. Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve this international level of superstardom. This live studio recording is the peak of his career and features hits like ‘Get Up Stand Up’ and ‘Lively Up Yourself’.

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Message

Hotter The Battle

10,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (A-Lone)

Zambeze

This Is The Night

10,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

Danny T & Tradesman

Meditation Life

13,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dirty Affaire Limited Edition

The Cabrians

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

12,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All Day White Vinyl Edition

The Pietasters

12" | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (333)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for this 2007 classic from Washington DC ska reggae soul legends. Includes fan favorites "don't Wanna Know", "keep ON Lyin'", "late Night Call", "change MY Ways" and their TOM Petty cover of "listen TO HER Heart". White vinyl limited to 300 copies.

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Stanford Shirley

The System

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (On The Corner)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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333 reissues a massive sought-after and obscure Jazzbo-produced 45 from Stanford Shirley. The System was recorded at Harry J's studio and released in 1987 on the late Linval Carter's Ujama label. Though one of the lesser known cuts from Jazzbo's late 80s production stable, it is surely up there with one of the best. Killer archetypal digi business.

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Champagne Dub

Rainbow

Work Harder, Not Smarter Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Champagne Dub is a collective of selected artists who come together to practice psychedelic dub rituals. Lysergic weather front top-loaded via betamax"s hippocampus trapdoor melding Catto"s studio into a rainbow of textures, formless places, and emotional sonics awash with resonant poy-rhythms. Champagne Dub is a mission in space-dub whose "crew" took a few too many wrong turns. "We are here to bring raw metamorphic rock-rituals that escaped our minds."

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The Carmines

LP | 2024 | EU (I Buy)

20,99 €*

I Just Can't Stop It Magenta Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Carmines are back with their 3rd full length album "Work Harder Not Smarter"! The band may have matured over the last decade, but the sound is the same and the melodies are here to stay! Staying true to their roots, they pump out 10 new songs, recorded and mixed all analog by Pete Mattern at Horsetown Recording Company, that really capture the sound and spirit of early ‘90s Lookout! Records! Limited to 200 copies on blue-ish/green-ish vinyl

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The Beat

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1 LP reissue of The Beat's debut album, including the hits "Mirror in the Bathroom" and "Tears of a Clown" in Magenta vinyl. Breakout of original album. This Syeor release is Side A/B from the English Beat 2LP Expanded RSD format

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Xterminator)

Fatis Tapes In The Oven

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Stuggle Continues ...

Link 80

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Asian Man)

20,99 €*

Martin Proux & Danubian Dub

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Sophomore LP from Oakland, CA Ska Punk band Link 80. Vinyl has been out of print for over 15 years.

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To All The Youths

7" | 2024 | EU | Original

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Africa Mae Do Leao)

Shades Of Black

Conspiracy / Dub

8,99 €* 11,99 € -25%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Promised Land / Promised Dub

Shades Of Black

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Africa Mae Do Leao)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The British Core Lovers

47,99 €*

Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank 1978 Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dennis Bovell is a producer, musician, and engineer who is an indispensable part of the history of British reggae. In 2008, P Vine compiled a collection of Dennis' master recordings under the title "Rebirth of British Reggae" and released it on vinyl for the first time. Marie Pierre's version of the Young Rascals' classic "Groovin'," which has been covered by numerous musicians including Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, was released as a 7-inch single on P-vine in 2021 and sold out immediately. This is a supreme compilation album with plenty of sound sources that reggae fans will not be able to resist.

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Sun Ra

2LP | 2024 | US | Reissue (Resonance)

59,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Available for the very first time, the intergalactic icon Sun Ra and his Arkestra’s Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank was recorded on July 23, 1978 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland by the Left Bank Jazz Society.
The limited-edition 180g 2 x LP set contains audio from the Sun Ra Archives, and was researched and compiled by Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson. Mastering by engineer Joe Lizzi and lacquers cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Mugge has also provided audio from the recordings he made at the Left Bank, featured in his 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise.
The deluxe package includes liner notes by veteran music critic J.D. Considine, plus interviews with the centenarian Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and pianist Craig Taborn.

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Jamaica To Toronto: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Yellow & Green Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Light In The Attic)

46,99 €*

Special Beat Service Black Friday Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In the late 1960s, Canada’s largest city was musically booming as Caribbean immigrants made Toronto their new home. The finest ska, rocksteady, and reggae recording artists of the era—Studio One, Treasure Isle, and Trojan Records originators—simply did what came naturally to them. One by one, they hit the studio and captured some of the toughest tunes this side of Kingston. Collectively, they broke down racial and cultural barriers to form an unprecedented and little-known Canadian reggae community. Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk, & Reggae 1967-1974 details this crucial sonic migration. [[Selling Points]] Featuring Jackie Mittoo, Johnnie Osbourne, Wayne McGhie, Lloyd Delpratt, The Mighty Pope, Jo-Jo Bennett, Eddie Spencer, Noel Ellis, and more… 2024 expanded edition with 20-page deluxe booklet featuring archival images, artist bios, and essays 2xLP set, cut at 45 rpm, housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket Compiled, sequenced, and annotated by GRAMMY-nominated producer, DJ, and journalist Kevin Howes (aka Sipreano, Voluntary In Nature) in partnership with Light in the Attic Pressed at Optimal on Yellow & Green ReVinyl, a sustainable alternative using 100% recycled materials.

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The English Beat

2LP | 2024 | Reissue (Rhino)

58,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Higher Mountain)

Release: 2024 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Special Beat Service is a dynamic fusion of ska, pop, and punk influences and includes the standout hits I Confess and Save If For Later. This 2-lp deluxe edition also features live and non-LP tracks.

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Joseph Cotton

History Of The Dancehall

19,99 €*

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Moonshine)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Limited Edition.
Record with just a few paper scuffs.
Includes sticker.

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Danny T & Tradesman

Wicked City EP

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Meditations / Sly & Robbie

Judas

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Meditations Music)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Taxi)

Leba

Into The Lights

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rude Girls To The Front 2024 Orange Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Survival Limited Jamaican Reissue Numbered

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rude Girl Revue curated collection of 16 women led ska/reggae acts of all styles. Inc Scotch Bonnets, Stop THE Presses, Catbite, Half Past TWO, Rude BOY George, Soul Radics, Some SKA Band, Skulttz, Bowcat, THE Pandemics, HUB City Stompers, Jade Tremba and more.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

LP | 2023 | Original (Island)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

Ambient Warrior

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

180 Gram Vinyl Following the success of the 2021 reissue of Ambient Warrior’s cult classic Dub Journey's (1995), Isle of Jura is pleased to present their unreleased second album, II. Born from the same oceanside fusion of instrumental dub, reggae, bossa nova and tango music that made Dub Journey's so distinctive and memorable, II is an equally sublime collection of eleven unheard tracks from the brilliant minds of Ronnie Lion and Andrea Terrano.

Evoking the delights of white sands, palm trees and sunsets, all set against clear waters and endless blue skies, Dub Journey’s and II document the golden moment when Ambient Warrior came together during the mid-90s to create some of the most Balearic Dub ever made. “Music is the greatest traveler, isn’t it?” says Ronnie. “It gets to places the actual artists can’t even get to really.”

The son of an orphaned Jamaican jazz trumpet player and professional boxer who enlisted in the military after stowing away on a boat to London, Ronnie grew up between Germany, Singapore and the UK before becoming a working musician in his mid-teens. A bass player by trade, he honed his skills playing in a series of soul, jazz-funk, blues, rock and reggae bands that performed throughout the UK.

By the time Ambient Warrior released Dub Journey’s, Ronnie and his business partner Ras Joseph were running the Lion Inc. recording studio and record label in Brixton, London. Having set up distribution arrangements with Roots Records (uk) and Semaphore (deu/nl), they recorded and released a series of singles, compilations and solo albums from a who’s who of roots reggae artists, including Twinkle Brothers, Delroy Washington, Michael Prophet, Alton Ellis, Little Roy, and Ronnie’s own band The Amharic. “Lion was a regular port of call for visiting Jamaican artists,” reflects Ronnie. “When you were in London, it was on the route.”

An accomplished guitarist, producer and recording engineer from Trieste, Italy, Andrea grew up listening to Russian folk, Klezmer and the Italian harmony tradition in a Sicilian-Ukrainian family. After completing compulsory Italian military service, he moved to London to continue studying music. One night, he turned up at Lion Inc. and approached them about running audio engineering classes from the studio.

In Andrea, Ronnie found a collaborator who shared his desire to create borderless music that reflected the diversity of their backgrounds. “I wanted to do something that had no boundaries,” Ronnie explains. “If you’re working on a roots album, it has to sound a certain way, but with Ambient, especially in the nineties, it was just a license to let off. You could do whatever you wanted to do.” “It was a melting pot of influences like London itself,” adds Andrea.

Although they wrote most of II at the same time as they were recording Dub Journey’s, it took them several years to finish off the album. “Things never got done quickly,” Ronnie remembers. By the time it was complete, Roots Records had gone out of business, leaving Lion Inc. without UK distribution. Not long after, their Brixton studio flooded, bringing the label to a close.

These days, Andrea continues to work as a session guitarist, recording engineer and producer in London. Over the last two decades, he has collaborated regularly with Basement Jaxx and released several solo albums. Ronnie, on the other hand, lives on a boat equipped with an onboard studio, where he has recorded a series of oceanic dub albums off the British coast. Twenty-eight years after the release of Dub Journey’s, he recently started working on demos for a third Ambient Warrior album he hopes to record with Andrea in the not-so-distant future.

Artwork By Bradley Pinkerton.

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Jura Soundsystem Presents Transmission Three

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

33,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Wicked Dub Division Meets North East Ska Jazz Orchestra

Live Studio Session #1

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Brixton)

Winston Francis With Change The Mood

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A collaboration between two prestigious Italian bands, the wizards of dub and the masters of big-band ska-jazz, in perfect symbiosis. An album full of dub atmospheres mixed with orchestral patterns; compelling rhythms of the ska and reggae traditions together with dilated and hypnotic electronic sounds. A recording fruit of a challenge and a celebration of music, something that is undoubtedly reflected in the spectacular outcome. 22 musicians locked in a large studio to rediscover the beauty of sharing after months away from the stage due to the pandemic, without even being able to rehearse. The decision to record a live album was instantaneous, it was just about enjoying the energy of the moment. All tracks were recorded strictly live in the studio, without overdubs, with the aim of apprehending something unrepeatable. The electronics, the melodies of the wind section and the vocal power come together in this work, recorded live at Deep Studio in Treviso (Italy) and mastered by Ibon Larruzea (Bilbao), full of dub atmospheres mixed with orchestral patterns. All this merges into a unique and explosive sound in which the strength of the big band meets the deep and hypnotic beats of dub music. WDD began their journey as a quartet in 2014 and prior to Studio Session #1 they had already released two albums and several singles. NESJO formed in 2012 and have previously released two albums (both available on Brixton Records) and are working on what will be the recording of their next full-length. Northeast Italy is a border area and it's easy to connect with each other in those territories made of enchanted landscapes. That energy, that desire to experiment and get involved, have made possible this ambitious project in which a ska-jazz orchestra and a dub band, each with its own language, are assembled in an amazing sonority.Classic black vinyl!

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Let's Go To Zion / Zion Dub

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Berends)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Adubta & The Black Oak Roots Allstars

Sounds From The Attic

LP | 2023 | Original (Sfa Distribution)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Copacetic Frequency Productions)

The Heart Of Peace

9,79 €* 13,99 € -30%

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Moonshine)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This 4 track 45rpm 7inch comes to you courtesy of Copacetic Frequency Productions. 2 vocal cuts by Ozzie Dee & Izaba, a melodica cut by Ray Ranking & the version by label owner Dawehdread.

Engineered & mixed by Dawehdread & Kingsway at Earth Works Amsterdam.

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Adam Prescott

At The Controls

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2023 | US | Original (Red Peak Sound)

Fikir Amlak

Conquering The Wicked

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mad Professor / William The Conqueror / Wendy Walker

Dub In D Minor

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Ariwa Sounds)

15,59 €* 25,99 € -40%

Liard N Theef / The Twilight Horns Version

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Loaded E.P. of mid 90s Mad Professor productions on his own Ariwa (uk) . . . A suite of three slightly comical but straight deadly phasered dubs on A side. On the flip is a strong soulful Lovers tune from Wendy Walker followed by a hazy version... TIP!

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Ras Tweed

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Samuel)

13,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Gyrators Feat. Likkle Nate

Murderer

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (3 Bun / Creation Rebel Soundsystem)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pressure Sounds)

The Skatalites

Ska-Boo-Da-Be

30,99 €*

Say You Love Me / Reach The Star

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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a Sino/Japanese twist.

In the early 1960s Justin Yap and his brother Ivan [aka ‘Jahu’] ran the Top Deck sound system from their family’s ice cream parlour and restaurant in Barbican, Kingston. The local success of the sound system encouraged them to venture into the recording business, and by 1962 Justin had recorded singers Larry Marshall, Ephraim ‘Joe’ Henry and Ferdie Nelson. The fledgling label enjoyed a modest local Jamaican hit in 1963, with trumpeter Baba Brooks and the Trenton Spence Orchestra's “Distant Drums” issued on Top Deck Records as the b-side to Larry Marshall’s hit “Too Young To Love”. As a fan of exotica composer Martin Denny, Justin had heard “Jungle Drums” on Denny’s 1959 LP “Afro-Desia”. His liking for Martin Denny would prove fruitful later, when Justin recorded the Skatalites in a mammoth all-night session in 1964 at Clement Dodd’s Studio One on Brentford Road.

By 1963-1964, hundreds of ska tracks were being recorded by Clement Dodd, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid, Vincent Edwards, Vincent Chin, Leslie Kong and Prince Buster and others. Justin had linked up with Allen ‘Bim Bim’ Scott, a friend of Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd, owner of the Studio One label who had already recorded the musicians who became the Skatalites.

Justin and Ivan organised a session in November 1964 at Studio One; it lasted 18 hours. The length of the session allowed for alternate takes to be recorded, but the highlights of the sessions were the five original compositions by Don Drummond – “Marcus Junior”, “The Reburial”, “Confucious”, “Chinatown” and “Smiling”. The first two are in tribute to the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey; “The Reburial” refers to the occasion of his interment in Jamaica in 1964, his remains having been brought from the cemetery in Kensal Green London, where he was originally buried in 1940, and reburied in King George VI Memorial Park Kingston [later renamed National Heroes Park].

Along with these originals were some well-chosen cover versions. Two came from the Duke Ellington songbook: “Ska-Ra-Van” is of course Ellington and his trombonist Juan Tizol’s classic composition “Caravan”, while “Surftide Seven” is Ellington’s “In A Mellotone”. The LP title track “Ska-Boo-Da-Ba” is a version of Bill Doggett’s 1958 “King” US 45 “Boo-Da-Ba”. “Ringo” had also appeared on Arthur Lyman’s “Taboo” LP [1958] as “Ringo Oiwake”. Originally it was sung by Hibari Misora – a very famous vocal song in Japan, recorded in 1952, the melody composed by Masao Yoneyama. Yet another tune copped from Lyman’s “Taboo” LP is “China Clipper”, composed by the pianist / arranger / orchestrator Paul Conrad.

The last track on this fine LP is “Lawless Street”, a feature for Roland Alphonso. Unlike the other Skatalites, Roland wasn’t a graduate of the celebrated Alpha School, like many of Jamaica’s top musicians from Bertie King to Yellowman. Alphonso was a graduate of Boys Town School in Denham Town. “Lawless Street” was another tune that was recorded twice at the session – the second version features vocal ‘peps’ and exhortations by DJ King Sporty.

By late 1966, Justin emigrated to the USA, settling permanently in New York. There he took up US citizenship and was called up to serve in the US Army in Vietnam, In the early 1970s he worked in computers and eventually drove a New York cab. In his all too brief involvement in the competitive Jamaican music business he certainly left his mark as a producer. He produced some of the best ska ever made, and the LP reissued here is perhaps the most coherent LP in that genre, deriving as it does from a single session.

The celebrated record producer at Randy’s Studio, Clive Chin:

“It wasn’t the fact that they [the musicians] really love Justin; it was the fact that Justin used to pay them the right money and make them comfortable. Make sure them have them smoke, them food, them drink, and after them finish they got paid.” Unlike many other producers, Justin actually attended the sessions.

It stands as his defining legacy in Jamaican music history.

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Little Kana & Hemo

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Jet Set)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Youth Meets Radical Dance Faction

Welcome To The Edge Neon Pink Vinyl

LP | 2023 | Original (Cadiz Music/Youth Sounds)

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tape | 2023 | EU | Original (Ring Of Fire)

Macsat

Turn It Up

17,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ring Of Fire)

T-Killas

Empowerment

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Golden Rule Multi-Colored Vinyl Edition

Bassnectar

3LP | 2023 | US | Original (Amorphous)

52,49 €* 69,99 € -25%

Lusinda & The Ragga Twins

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Bassnectar is back with a new 17 track album, packed to the max with a diverse array of freestyle electronic music. The long wait for new music is (finally) over. Limited edition gatefold sleeve pressing on 180 gram multi-colored vinyl (blue, orange, yellow).

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The Don

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Hustler)

All Stars All You Fascists Bound To Lose

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hustler Records announces THE DON as its debut release; a beast of a track, leaning more towards heavy breaks with a Ragga vocal and emotive strings. THE DON is all about remembering you are THE DON of your own life and you never walk alone.

THE Ragga Twins: The Ragga Twins started out on London's Unity sound system, and are regarded as pioneer s of the scene. AllMusic called them "crucial cogs in the development of U.K. dance music.

Lusinda: One of the female DJ’s actively pushing boundaries and scenes forwards. Her eclectic taste in music overspills into her sets; ranging through anything bass heavy; House, old skool, Techno, Drum & Bass, UKG and Grime. She focuses on the raw end of the sound whilst still being both accessible and innovative. For more than 16 years DJ Lusinda has been djing around the globe; South America, Europe and USA.

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Key Day & Newentun

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Newentun)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In The Mood For Ska - Caribou Ska Selection

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Drum & Bass X Rock A Shacka)

31,99 €*